6.22.2014

Signs of Summer (For Me At Least)

Posted by
Brooke

1. I think about swimming all the time

2. But I hardly ever swim because it's too hot to swim. That's right, too hot. Salty bath water doesn't feel quite as refreshing as the imagined icey rivers and lakes of my Rocky Mountains. Or even as refreshing (and more realistically given my suburban upbringing) the city pools packed with children but still colder than anything in Muscat.

3. On my last day of library class one tiny first grader stared up at me through thick bangs and said "I don't even care." Out matched by a lime shirtdress on the last day. I'm happy to say that I cared to the end, but I understand that classes in June are hard for a five year old.

4. All of my clothes are washed at "boiling" these days

5. Somehow, nestled amid shops selling thick Persian carpets, I found a used book store. An honest to gosh used bookstore full of spine lined paperbacks. It even has a buyback policy. I bought six books today and told the women at the desk I'd be back in a week. Aaahhh, summer reading.

6. I am actually reading. Librarians read, don't get me wrong, but a large chunck of our job is all about the gist.

"Oh yeah, I've read about that book. It's supposed to be a really interesting look at/take on/refute of___________. I think you'll like it."